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May 8, 2017 7:52 AM
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Felt bad for Albus tbh. The kid almost loses it with the aftermath of the village. Pretty much expected that reaction considering how many people perished.

Compared to the other episodes, this one felt much more serious and goes to show that death is quite real in this show even as magic exists and what they can really do..
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May 8, 2017 9:32 AM
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So Albus is Sorena's granddaughter? Given Zero's goal they could probably end up splitting at some point \o/ Nice fight at the end, next week should be good
May 8, 2017 9:44 AM
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Well, I didn't quite expect them to get to Thirteen so quick, but I suppose I'm fine with it, even if his fight with Zero left a lot to be desired (it was a lot like a Harry Potter battle, in a way, but not as impressive).
May 8, 2017 9:45 AM
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So Albus is Sorena's granddaughter? Given Zero's goal they could probably end up splitting at some point \o/ Nice fight at the end, next week should be good
What made you think that lol?

Anyway, this episode was deep and brutal AF O_O

It's tragic what happened to the towns people but I didn't expect to think that there's so many factions in the witch community...We got the Followers of Zero, Rogues and now State Sorcerors, this show/world just keeps getting more interesting with each episode

And finally we meet the famous 13.....The dude is impressive skill wise but he seems like a douche so I was glad to see Zero talk down on him (She's beating his ass too imo) but the god damn Mercenary is trying to break up the fight >.< I want to see more!!!

Overall, this was a great episode and I'm looking forward to seeing the next one and where this whole thing with 13 goes.....I feel bad for Albus too for having to see all of this though, and these Mercenary flashbacks gets more bloody with each one O_O
May 8, 2017 9:46 AM
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Albus lost a lot of people in that village. He almost killed an innocent guy because of his rage. Zero's battle against 13 was not so exciting. He's skills are impressive. It's interesting the king hired him.
May 8, 2017 9:55 AM
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Even though the show looks average in terms of animation and art, that magic confrontation was nice.

Like i thought, the fun travelling times are over from now on, i'm sad.

Albus being the granddaughter doesn't seem too far off now seeing his reaction to the question and the man telling him to be the new leader.

Not sure what to think of Thirteen yet.
May 8, 2017 10:00 AM
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So it's not fire, Tornado, nor earthquake that strike the village. It's all because of fancy-named magic.
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May 8, 2017 10:06 AM
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Anyway, this episode was deep and brutal AF O_O

It's tragic what happened to the towns people but I didn't expect to think that there's so many factions in the witch community...We got the Followers of Zero, Rogues and now State Sorcerors, this show/world just keeps getting more interesting with each episode

And finally we meet the famous 13.....The dude is impressive skill wise but he seems like a douche so I was glad to see Zero talk down on him (She's beating his ass too imo) but the god damn Mercenary is trying to break up the fight >.< I want to see more!!!

Overall, this was a great episode and I'm looking forward to seeing the next one and where this whole thing with 13 goes.....I feel bad for Albus too for having to see all of this though, and these Mercenary flashbacks gets more bloody with each one O_O


Pretty much what I wanted to say, the fact that there are so many factions within the mages themselves makes the plot really interesting. I suspect the story will get pretty political later on but I doubt we'll see any of that during the anime run.

All of the people in this anime are trapped in an endless cycle of conflict. :(
May 8, 2017 10:13 AM
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Lelouch0202 said:
Tokoya said:


Anyway, this episode was deep and brutal AF O_O

It's tragic what happened to the towns people but I didn't expect to think that there's so many factions in the witch community...We got the Followers of Zero, Rogues and now State Sorcerors, this show/world just keeps getting more interesting with each episode

And finally we meet the famous 13.....The dude is impressive skill wise but he seems like a douche so I was glad to see Zero talk down on him (She's beating his ass too imo) but the god damn Mercenary is trying to break up the fight >.< I want to see more!!!

Overall, this was a great episode and I'm looking forward to seeing the next one and where this whole thing with 13 goes.....I feel bad for Albus too for having to see all of this though, and these Mercenary flashbacks gets more bloody with each one O_O


Pretty much what I wanted to say, the fact that there are so many factions within the mages themselves makes the plot really interesting. I suspect the story will get pretty political later on but I doubt we'll see any of that during the anime run.

All of the people in this anime are trapped in an endless cycle of conflict. :(


indeed and it seems zero wishes very much so to break that cycle as does anyone who follows her knowingly or unknowingly.
May 8, 2017 10:27 AM

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Tokoya said:
Anathor said:
So Albus is Sorena's granddaughter? Given Zero's goal they could probably end up splitting at some point \o/ Nice fight at the end, next week should be good
What made you think that lol?

9:38 when they are talking about Sorena's granddaugher. The way she reacted and talked was a hint. The way she looks up to Sorena was another, from the first ep, but that wasn't enough.
Ofc I might be just wrong and assuming things :p we'll see soon enough
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May 8, 2017 10:53 AM

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Even though the show looks average in terms of animation and art,

What?
I would like to see more 'average' looking series like this, instead of shitty 3DCG crap.
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May 8, 2017 11:04 AM

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seemed like the battle got intensified in the end hmmm...
May 8, 2017 11:14 AM
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rsc-pl said:
Smudy said:
Even though the show looks average in terms of animation and art,

What?
I would like to see more 'average' looking series like this, instead of shitty 3DCG crap.

Jesus, quick to jump the gun. Did i say it's bad?

Also Seikaisuru Kado this season which is full CGI is my second favourite after Tsuki ga Kirei.

May 8, 2017 11:48 AM

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Intense as we finally come to a more serious episode, it seems like White Fox adapted this just to kill time which is kinda sad as it pretty good and i'm having a good time watching this. The novel will also probably not get a translation anytime soon
May 8, 2017 11:57 AM

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This is a cracking little series with some great charters. The animation is fine but not White Fox best work. Im interested to know more about 13 and how he fits in with the story.
May 8, 2017 11:59 AM

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Mercenary sure doesn't hold back in his bandit slaughters XD
13 is with the king and is looking for the zero book too.
May 8, 2017 12:04 PM
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Anathor said:
Tokoya said:
What made you think that lol?

9:38 when they are talking about Sorena's granddaugher. They way she reacted and talked was a hint. The way she looks up to Sorena was another, from the first ep, but that wasn't enough.
Ofc I might be just wrong and assuming things :p we'll see soon enough


wait.. i thought albus was a guy?
May 8, 2017 12:11 PM

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ryukan said:
Anathor said:

9:38 when they are talking about Sorena's granddaugher. They way she reacted and talked was a hint. The way she looks up to Sorena was another, from the first ep, but that wasn't enough.
Ofc I might be just wrong and assuming things :p we'll see soon enough


wait.. i thought albus was a guy?


Well that 'huh' and pitch ... and 'his' reactions to the 'lewd' stuff etc could see him actually being a her and not correcting the misunderstanding for obvious reasons being obvious
May 8, 2017 12:37 PM

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While I think that the deciption of the dead villagers was a little bit too edgy for my taste, was the rest of the episode in return pretty good.

There was more story progress in this one. Thirteens early appearance lets me hope that the story won't be too rushed near the end and that things will wrap up properly.

The clash of magic was quite nice to watch.
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May 8, 2017 12:41 PM

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This started to get serious now. Felt bad for Albus. You can tell how pissed Zero was when she found out that magic can be used for evil.

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ryukan said:


wait.. i thought albus was a guy?


Well that 'huh' and pitch ... and 'his' reactions to the 'lewd' stuff etc could see him actually being a her and not correcting the misunderstanding for obvious reasons being obvious


That's interesting. Never thought about that.
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May 8, 2017 1:10 PM

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Zero said that magic can't bring the dead back to life.....well you can certainly try, though it might cost you an arm and a leg.......

Tasteless jokes aside, I felt bad for Albus in this episode and what he (or she?) had to witness in the village. I agree with someone above that assuming Albus really is a girl, she's probably Sorena's granddaughter based on the reaction when Zero mentioned her.

We got introduced to Thirteen and this little "battle" between him and Zero seems to be getting intense....not necessarily in the traditional sense, seeing as how they're just standing there yelling while shooting magic beams at each other, but that's not the point. Next episode should be pretty interesting.
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ryukan said:


wait.. i thought albus was a guy?


Well that 'huh' and pitch ... and 'his' reactions to the 'lewd' stuff etc could see him actually being a her and not correcting the misunderstanding for obvious reasons being obvious


Well, remember zero referred to him as 'boy' when she first met him?
Albus is a guy.
May 8, 2017 1:48 PM

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Nope. Gotta have to drop this here. Whole this series feels like budget version of proper drama, it's full of badly cliched scenes, empty phrases and the developement is average at best. Whatever good stuff remains in form of Zero x Youhei relationship (which is the reason I stayed with this series for four episodes) is utterly destroyed by annoying Albus, uninteresting antagonist (or would be ally) and unimaginative world-building.

You know something is wrong with the series when you don't care at all about what's gonna happen next.

Dropped.
May 8, 2017 2:37 PM

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Oh damn, after the quite calm nature of the show so far, this episode turned quite damn intense.


May 8, 2017 2:39 PM

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this honestly feels like a kid show , everything is so simplified

also the animation budget is pretty weak for a 12 episode anime, well i guess the producers dont have high expectations for it

just give us more re zero white fox...
May 8, 2017 3:51 PM

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Considering how good the art looks in this series, it's hard to say these action scenes aren't a letdown. I can't deny that the lack of real risks inherently makes these scenes less thrilling, but the animation could definitely make things a little more exciting.

That being said, it took a while for things to get going, so I'm curious to see what comes next.
May 8, 2017 4:27 PM

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So now we know who thirteen is.

I wonder how old Zero actually is? Thirteen mentioned they had a battle 10 years ago yet she looks like she's barely a teenager.

Ah the cliffhanger ending, Mercenary walking into the fight like that gave me Pokemon the Movie vibes when Ash walked right into the fight between Mew & Mewtwo.

Nothing bad happened to him though judging by the preview for the next episode.

Pretty good episode, the fight so far has been pretty good.

Looking forward to next episode where Thirteen will most likely explain more about what's going on.
May 8, 2017 5:12 PM

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Well that was a short quest to search for Thirteen..... 5 episodes in and we've already encountered him, lol.
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My major gripe about this episode was the old man death. Cliche in almost every way imaginable. This random old man somehow survived juuust long enough by himself to meet the protagonists, only to die anyway despite being healed by magic. Then Zero just watches him die despite presumably being able to fully heal him in a second? (Idk can she not use healing magic or something?) It's like he only existed to imply that Albus is more important than some random crappy ass mage.

Other than that, good episode I think. Glad the plot is moving forward although the best bit of this series is definitely the interaction between Mercenary and Zero.
May 8, 2017 5:44 PM

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The way those people died were horrible.
So Zero's "teacher" is the one to blame for this...what a traitor.
I think from the prev we can see that their fight ended without any casualties, i think xD
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May 8, 2017 7:17 PM

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Thirteen sounds a like a perv yandere stalker of zero. He's so creepy.
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May 8, 2017 7:37 PM

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ryukan said:
sirwence said:


Well that 'huh' and pitch ... and 'his' reactions to the 'lewd' stuff etc could see him actually being a her and not correcting the misunderstanding for obvious reasons being obvious


Well, remember zero referred to him as 'boy' when she first met him?
Albus is a guy.
Referring as a Boy =/= he's a guy. Plenty of reverse traps in anime.
May 8, 2017 7:40 PM
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My major gripe about this episode was the old man death. Cliche in almost every way imaginable. This random old man somehow survived juuust long enough by himself to meet the protagonists, only to die anyway despite being healed by magic. Then Zero just watches him die despite presumably being able to fully heal him in a second? (Idk can she not use healing magic or something?) It's like he only existed to imply that Albus is more important than some random crappy ass mage.

Other than that, good episode I think. Glad the plot is moving forward although the best bit of this series is definitely the interaction between Mercenary and Zero.

That scene with the old man doesn't even exist in the light novel.I really hate how they add pointless scenes just to explain stuff that we would understand on our own just by watching...
May 8, 2017 8:14 PM

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Aww another cliffhanger ;-;
May 8, 2017 8:37 PM
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im just here to say that thirteen and takasugi from gintama got the same seiyuu. yeaaahhhh HAHAHAHA

when they're actually talking about sorenas granddaughter , i just thought about that maybe its connected with albus. i dont know why. i just get that feeling.
May 8, 2017 8:39 PM
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Thirteen sounds a like a perv yandere stalker of zero. He's so creepy.


yeahhhh... it is like he is obsessed with zero or something. creepy stalker hahaha
May 8, 2017 8:40 PM

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They met Thirteen earlier than I expected.
May 8, 2017 8:55 PM

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this ep is a lot weaker than the previous one.
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May 8, 2017 9:31 PM

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did not expect mercenary to have that kind of past, he had it really rough as beastfallen.

I should pay more attention on what author trying describe his character in LN. anyways, be prepare for this next two episodes, I guess there's going to be a rollercoaster ride.
Lets hope this series is treated better than the devil part timer.
May 8, 2017 9:42 PM

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I feel like this would have been much better as a seinen with a darker setting, the anime keeps giving me the impression that it doesn't take itself seriously. I just can't come to see this anime as anything above average.
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May 9, 2017 12:29 AM

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Wow! We finally get a look at zeros real power and I gotta say I'm impressed! 13 seems like a classic power grabbing bad guy but since he has the next episode dedicated to him maybe he's a more complicated character than this first interaction has shown. It was so sad seeing Albus grieving over all his fellow sorcerers deaths and saying good bye to the dog. I hope we get more action next episode!
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May 9, 2017 12:32 AM

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regarding to the fight between zero and thirteen, i thought I was watching floppy animated dragonball that two opponents compete each other by kamehameha
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regarding to the fight between zero and thirteen, i thought I was watching floppy animated dragonball that two opponents compete each other by kamehameha
To me it looked more like Harry vs Voldemort

May 9, 2017 2:58 AM

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The dog is so cute! I hope they show him again later in the series~
We got to see Zero's true power. I fancy her over Thirteen but that bastard might have some tricks up his sleeve.
May 9, 2017 5:40 AM
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the king is dumb asf and less screen time for 13 please, I really don't like traitors

Zero and Mercenary relationship is cute though lol
May 9, 2017 9:42 AM

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Smudy said:
rsc-pl said:

What?
I would like to see more 'average' looking series like this, instead of shitty 3DCG crap.

Jesus, quick to jump the gun. Did i say it's bad?

Also Seikaisuru Kado this season which is full CGI is my second favourite after Tsuki ga Kirei.



Don't mind him, he always misunderstand everything one says when it comes to something he likes (It happened with me when I said what I dislike of Cringework Planet and he jumped straight into conclusions like "I don't like something if it isn't real" lmao)

That aside, we get action after the rest they had on that town, Kinda hyped of what Mercenary will do against the "Harry vs Voldemort" scene we are getting here haha

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Big-ass sword, big-ass cape, huge body, ferocious look and now this...I think we finally find a potential succesor. ^^
May 9, 2017 11:58 AM

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Firehameha vs. Thunderhameha.
May 9, 2017 2:32 PM

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finally the story is picking up. Good episode. That fight at the end is great. That is how mage battles should be. though I don't like the beam struggle, better if it was like the first few moves. Spells to counter spells until one wins.
May 9, 2017 3:00 PM

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Hmm, they seem evenly matched. Fairly straightforward confrontation.
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